Fuel
prices have been falling on the worldwide market since mid-November. Experts
believe that an increase in fuel prices in the international market is
unlikely. In that circumstance, the government should make a quick adjustment
to the fuel price. At the very least, the price should be restored to what it
was before November 3rd.
Last week,
the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) reduced the consumer price
of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). It has reduced the price of a 12 kg LPG
cylinder from Tk 1313 to Tk 1228 including VAT. Despite the fact that the lower
price was meant to take effect on December 3rd, consumers claim that many
merchants are still selling the cylinder for a higher price. In the private
sector, a kilogram of LPG costs Tk 102.32. That equation is designed to be used
to determine the price of an LPG cylinder. Aside from that, the price of LPG
for motor vehicles has been set at Tk 57.24 per litre, down from Tk 61.18
previously. If this new price is enforced, consumers will feel slightly
relieved.
Claiming
that the reduction of LPG price will decrease people’s suffering, the BERC chairman
said a family could buy at least 2 kg of rice with the amount of money saved.
But he did not say how much the expense of people, especially of a farmer who
uses machines for irrigation, will increase because of this hike in the price of
diesel and kerosene. Increased expense in irrigation will increase the expense
in agricultural production. Though BERC fixed LPG price through a mass hearing,
BPC did not feel any necessity to take people’s opinion into cognizance before
hiking the price of diesel and kerosene. Instead, they hiked the price
unilaterally. Because of this fuel price, public transport fare has also shot
up by 28 percent.
For the
last six years, the government bought fuel at a low cost from the international
market and sold it to the people at a high price. In the process, it has earned
a huge profit. But, the government increased the price of fuel by Tk 15 per
liter when the price increased a little in the international market. At the
time, the state minister for power, energy, and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid
said they would reconsider the price if the fuel price comes down in the
international market. Several MPs from the treasury and the opposition bench
slammed the decision to increase fuel price in the last Jatiya Sangsad session
and demanded the withdrawal of the decision. In the context of the demand, finance
minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said the price will be decreased in Bangladesh if
the price comes down in the international market.
The price
of fuel is downward in the international market since mid-November. Experts
think the probability of a fuel price hike in the international market is less
likely. In that case the government should adjust the fuel price soon. At least
the price should be brought back to what was before 3 November.
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